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...characters. He disappeared into Inspector Clouseau, Dr. Strangelove and Being There's Chance the Gardener. But did he have a character of his own? It is a credit to HBO's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (Dec. 5, 9 p.m. E.T.) and its star, Geoffrey Rush (Shine), that this TV biopic sometimes makes you want to know. We meet Sellers as a young radio comic supported by a loyal wife (Emily Watson) and driven to want more by his lovingly pushy stage mum (Miriam Margolyes). After starmaking film work with directors Blake Edwards (John Lithgow) and Stanley Kubrick...
HOFFMAN: One song, in Jimmy Shine with Cleavon Little. It was a beautiful song. [Sings.] "She's a laaaaady." Yuck. I can't sing...
...star of the show is always the leading lady’s voice. And a limited, small instrument it is; like Billie Holiday, Golightly’s singing respects its own limitations. But, also like the late Lady Day, Golightly’s strengths within that small vocal range shine unexpectedly brightly. The sound is sexy and sultry, weary and cigarette-burnt, and makes the gems on this CD seem like 50-year-old standards...
...estimated 800 collegiate, professionally sponsored and unaffiliated runners from the length of the East Coast descended on the Gordon Track and Field in Allston for the sprawling meet, which outlined some of the Crimson’s strengths, gave a few rising stars a chance to shine, and filled the program’s coffers...
Moreover, this team’s humility and lack of political grandstanding belies their confidence and resolve, which will shine through in high-pressure situations...